Welcome!Saint Mary Mother of God Church is located in the heart of Chinatown in Washington D.C. This historic landmark is a vibrant Roman Catholic Parish that serves the needs of three different Catholic communities, as well as the Catholics working in the area during the week.

On Saturday, February 2nd, a traditional Latin Solemn High Mass will be offered at 9 a.m. here at Saint Mary's for the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The local men's choir "The Suspicious Cheese Lords" will sing the music, including sacred polyphony, for the feast also known as Candlemas. Our fourth painting in the apse will be installed in time for the Mass. Please come -- and invite family and friends to attend with you for what will be a beautiful morning.

On January 27, our parish community will receive one of the auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Washington, Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville. His Excellency will lead us in a Holy Hour and Benediction at 10:00 am. Note: The 10:30 am English Mass is canceled that day, but those who frequent that Mass can still satisfy their Sunday obligation at the 1:00 pm or 7:30 pm Mass. See you!

Join us on Friday, January 18th 2019!! Our annual Nellie Gray Mass, honoring our late parishioner who founded the March for Life,will be at 4:30pm. It will be a solemn high traditional Latin Mass commemorating Saint Prisca. Saint Mary will be having Masses as early as 8:00am at every hour that day. Groups from the East Coast will be celebrating Mass before attending the March for Life! Thousands upon thousands of American travel to the Nation's Capital every year around the tragic anniversary of Roe v. Wade to remember the more than 60 million Americans who have died because of abortion.

A Low Mass (Extraordinary Form) will be offered in honor of Our Lady's First Saturday on January 5 at 9:00 am. The Mass will be followed by a Rosary and a Holy Hour (1 full hour) sponsored by the Downtown DC Serra Club to pray for an increase in priestly and religious vocations.